Lighthouses

Cape Disappointment Lighthouse: I liked this one the best. It also lies on the most dangerous part of the coast. There are several deaths every year and is the place where the big dog military personnel come to train.


You can't tell from the picture, but there was an extremely steep drop from where I took the picture to the shore below. This place was called Dead Man's Cove.


I thought it would be really cool to climb into. I was having second thoughts when I saw all the spider webs, but William said I had to hurry because the camera was dieing, so if I look scared, it's because I was.



Grays Harbor Lighthouse: this one was a little depressing because it wasn't on the shore line, it was in the middle of the town. Silly us for driving out to the beach thinking the light house would have been out there.



North Head Lighthouse: This was the only lighthouse open to the public to tour. We would have gone up, but we left our money behind and the cool optical lens had been removed.

Rialto Beach

We bought this book for good trails to go hike since we had no idea about the area. In the book we came across this place.


It took us about an hour and a half to hike out to this spot. I tell you, walking on the beach is quite the work out. This place can only be gotten to during certain hours of the day, the tide gets too high otherwise.




We found several few starfish. Though every orange starfish was paired with a purple one whereas the purple ones were also found alone. We didn't quite know what to make of it.


We both got a little wet in this adventure. The tide rose a bit in the little time that we were there. William got just a little more drenched than I did.


Can you guess what critter made these tracks?

Hoh Rainforest

Whenever I think of a rainforest I think of how the movies depict them...dense under growth and scary noises making you think you are being hunted. This wasn't like that. Everything just looked very lush and grown over with moss.







That's a really BIG tree!



I thought it was pretty the way the green lit up in the sun.

Northern Cascades

We decided to take a trip over to the west coast at the beginning of summer because we had no idea when we might have another chance. On the drive over we took the northern route. Unknown to us, the pass had only opened the day before due to all the winter snow. That meant little traffic, yeah!







There were all these turn-offs for hiking trails. Most of the trail heads were buried in snow. We also didn't realize you needed a permit for the short walking trails. Since the traffic was sparse we decided to chance it on one of the trails at the base of the mountains and take a peek.

Jessie's Graduation

I know, it's finally happened, I have officially graduated. Yipee. Now as for the rest of my life, who knows. Thin summer we'll be in Spokane area so William can complete an internship.



Since Mom and Dad were able to come into town, we did the graduation banquet. It was nice, though there wasn't much chance for chatting since we had some speakers.



Aren't we so cute.



Mom and Dad and Me!



Can you guess which one is me?